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Timothée Chalamet’s global press tour for “A Complete Unknown” went viral when he rode an electric Lime bike into the London premiere of the acclaimed Bob Dylan movie. But it turns out, Chalamet did not park the bike properly, and he was met with a £60 fine, he revealed while promoting the movie in France

Renée Zellweger said in an interview with her longtime “Bridget Jones” co-star Hugh Grant for British Vogue that it was the sound of her voice that led her to stop acting for more than half a decade in the 2010s. At that point in her career, Zellweger was already a three-time Oscar nominee and a

In a small way, the micro-budgeted U.K. indie “Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey” more than pulled its weight in drawing audiences back to theaters two years ago. The bad-taste concept and trailer generated guilty-pleasure viral traction; then the Fathom Events theatrical window was so short, there was no chance for word-of-mouth to spoil the fun. Which

As 2024 drew to a close, production in the Greater Los Angeles area had increased by 6.2 percent in the last quarter, according to FilmLA‘s latest report. Most production types had achieved gains in the fourth quarter, except for reality TV, which continues to be on a decline. This year had promised to be a

Andscape, the Black content studio from Disney & ESPN, has announced the acquisition of Charles Todd and Matt Mitchener’s “Memes & Nightmares,” which will premiere Feb. 20 on Hulu. Starring Josiah Johnson and Jamel Johnson, “Memes & Nightmares” is described as a “dark, satirical buddy-cop mystery” that “unravel(s) the culture of memes, viral moments, and

Famed French singer and actor Patrick Bruel is one of the many Europeans who had settled in the idyllic L.A. neighborhood of Pacific Palisades. Now, he has lost his home in the devastating wildfire that has been ravaging the area since last week. He bought the house eight years ago after his two sons, 21-year-old

“One of Them Days,” starring Keke Palmer and SZA as fast-talking, flat-broke Los Angeles roommates who have nine hours to come up with the rent money, is a winning throwback to the kind of day-in-the-hood comedy they used to make in the ’90s — movies like “Friday” (1995) and “The Players Club” (1998), which squeezed

It’s been said that all monster movies fit into at least one of three categories. Werewolf movies play on the notion that within every man lives a beast waiting to be unleashed. Vampire films tap into our collective fear of the unknown, which can encompass everything from the threat of disease to the perception of

Actor-director Daniel Auteuil and key “Emilia Perez” collaborator Jean-Baptiste Pouilloux have set up their next features with Les Films Velvet, the auteur-focused production outfit behind this year’s Unifrance Rendez-Vous in Paris opener “The Musicians” as well as Rebecca Zlotowski’s upcoming, Jodie Foster-led thriller “Vie Privée.” After last year’s Cannes-launched legal thriller “An Ordinary Case,” Auteuil

Haitian filmmaker Raoul Peck, who was Oscar-nominated for “I Am Not Your Negro,” will be the Guest of Honor at the 56th edition of documentary festival Visions du Réel, which runs April 4-13. During the festival, Peck will deliver a masterclass and present a retrospective of his work, as well as a screening of his

Bille August-directed TV series “The Count of Monte Cristo,” featuring an international cast led by Sam Claflin (“Peaky Blinders”) is reaping stellar ratings in Italy, scoring on average a whopping 26% primetime share on the country’s state broadcaster RAI. The first episode of August’s high-end adaptation of the Alexandre Dumas classic, which the two-time Palme d’Or

U.S. director Matty Brown’s allegorical drama “The Sand Castle,” which sees Lebanese multi-hyphenate Nadine Labaki reunite on screen with young “Capernaum” siblings Zain and Reman Al Rafeea – who are both Syrian refugees – will be released globally on Jan. 24 by Netflix at a critical time in the Middle East. With Israel-Hamas ceasefire talks

Universal is absolutely towering over the studios and streamers when it comes to this year’s BAFTA nominations. Thanks to “The Brutalist” (nine nominations), “Anora” and “Wicked” (seven each), plus “Nosferatu” (five), “The Wild Robot” (three) and “Monkey Man” (one), Universal and its offshoot label Focus Features have amassed an astonishing 32 nominations in total, twice

The nominations for the 2025 BAFTA Film Awards are in, and as always, they have their fair share of snubs and surprises. At the top of the list of snubs this year are “Wicked,” which missed out on the best film category, and Denzel Washington (“Gladiator II”) who, despite being one of the most celebrated

Iris Knobloch, the respected former boss of Warner Bros. France and Germany who became the first female president of the Cannes Film Festival in 2022, has been re-elected by the festival’s board for another three-year mandate. The German-born, Paris-based executive will continue working alongside Cannes Film Festival‘s longtime general delegate and artistic director Thierry Fremaux,

As Shakespeare wrote, “Life is but a walking shadow,” and Denzel Washington is the poor player who continues to be heard no more, at least in the eyes of BAFTA. With over 65 film credits, nine Academy Award nominations (including two wins) and more than 270 accolades across a 45-year career, Denzel Washington is widely

Payal Kapadia‘s “All We Imagine as Light” has struck a chord with young Indian audiences, exploring themes of urban displacement and chosen family that resonate deeply with a generation navigating life in metropolitan cities. “All We Imagine as Light” explores contemporary working-class Mumbai through the lives of three women. The story centers on two roommates

Leading arthouse sales agency the Match Factory, which is part of Mubi, has appointed Agathe Valentin as sales director, a newly created role. The company’s slate includes Coralie Fargeat’s “The Substance,” starring Demi Moore, which won best screenplay in Cannes and best actress at the Golden Globes. The appointment comes ahead of the Match Factory’s

“Conclave” and “Emilia Pérez” lead this year’s BAFTA Film Awards nominations, heading up a diverse mix of talent and titles in a competition where, for the first time in years, there’s no clear favorite in any of the major categories.  “The Brutalist,” “Anora,” “Dune: Part Two” “Wicked” and “A Complete Unknown” are also very much

Netflix is betting big on South Indian cinema, unveiling an ambitious slate of Tamil and Telugu-language films featuring industry titans Kamal Haasan, Ajith Kumar, Suriya, Vijay Deverakonda and Pawan Kalyan. The streaming giant unveiled its lineup during the auspicious Pongal and Sankranti festivals, showcasing a mix of action blockbusters, thrillers, and drama that will hit

The nominees for the 2025 EE BAFTA Film Awards are being unveiled on Wednesday. Mia McKenna-Bruce, last year’s BAFTA Rising Star winner, and “The White Lotus” star Will Sharpe, a BAFTA TV award winner in 2020, are on hosting duties, making the announcement at 12 p.m. U.K. time (4 a.m. PT) from the British Academy’s headquarters in

Haut Et Court has taken French distribution rights to the upcoming historical epic “The Captive,” directed by Alejandro Amenábar, best known for “The Others” and Oscar winner “The Sea Inside.” The $15 million film, which shot last year at locations in Valencia, Alicante and Seville in Spain, is now in post-production. Film Constellation handles worldwide

In a recent interview on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast, Margaret Qualley said it took “a year” for her skin to recover from the irritation caused by the face prosthetics used in “The Substance.” The damage was so bad that director Coralie Fargeat had to frame out her face in certain shots. “At the end,

Not many non-performing contemporary songwriters are quite interesting enough to sustain a 90-minute documentary, but then, not many are Diane Warren, one of the great characters of modern Hollywood. Despite having a self-owned song catalog whose worth is estimated at up to a half-billion dollars, and despite famously having 15 Oscar nominations and a lifetime

Zack Snyder’s “300” grossed more than $450 million by the end of its theatrical run, but according to star Gerard Butler, that box office success wasn’t a bit of blood, sweat and tears. While speaking with People, Butler said that an “insane” amount of actors were injured while filming the 2006 action epic, which followed

Many of Grady Hendrix‘s books remix classic horror ideas in order to develop fresh new lore, from vampires (“The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires”), haunted houses (“How to Sell a Haunted House”) and possessions (“My Best Friend’s Exorcism”). Yet his newest novel, the ambitious “Witchcraft for Wayward Girls,” out now via Berkley, is

The Critics Choice Awards, initially scheduled for Sunday, Jan. 12, and then postponed to Jan. 26 due to the devastating Los Angeles wildfires, has been delayed once again. The ceremony, celebrating its 30th anniversary, is set to take place sometime in February, with an official date to be announced in the coming days. It will

“Clone Cops,” an independent comedy about outlaws combatting an endless wave of cutting-edge law enforcement on a dystopian streaming show called “CrimeTime360,” has been picked up for video on-demand and a DVD release by Freestyle Digital Media. The banner has set a Jan. 31 date for the film, directed by Danny Dones, for both physical

The Russo Bros. recently revealed to Empire Magazine that it was their longtime Marvel screenwriter Stephen McFeely who came up with the idea that lured them back to the MCU after “Avengers: Endgame” to helm the upcoming “Avengers” movies “Doomsday” and “Secret Wars.” However, McFeely originally turned down the chance to write more Marvel movies

Donald Petrie has signed on to direct “The Last Resort,” a Philippines-set romantic comedy written by Karen McCullah, the scribe behind such romcom gems as “10 Things I Hate About You” and “Legally Blonde.” Petrie, who directed the Lemmon-Mathau comedy “Grumpy Old Men” and is an Emmy nominee for his work on “L.A. Law,” is